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plasticprimate.bsky.social
cosmopolitan socialist • folk musician • amateur conjurer
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gritty has seized control of the federal government

submitted 55 days ago • 200 comments

“The historical unity of the ruling classes is realized in the state." —Antonio Gramsci

submitted 86 days ago • 8 comments

The dry hills surrounding Los Angeles, from Pasadena in the east to Malibu in the west, are fated to burn whenever the Santa Ana winds blow. Los Angeles native Harold Meyerson, whose high school went up Tuesday, channels Mike Davis with this great reflection: prospect.org/blogs-and-ne...

submitted 86 days ago • 3 comments

Individualizing public health is just Social Darwinism by another name.

submitted 89 days ago • 5 comments

submitted 102 days ago • 83 comments

Going Full Jasper Mode. Getting Jasperfied.

submitted 695 days ago • 13 comments

Lots of clarity today

submitted 107 days ago • 267 comments

The Democratic Party is like the Make-A-Wish foundation but for old people

submitted 109 days ago • 68 comments

School shootings get thoughts and prayers. CEO's get tip lines

submitted 110 days ago • 59 comments

🚨NEW REPORT: Health insurers raked in $371 BILLION in profits since passage of the ACA, while raising family premiums to $26K a year. More than 40% of the profit went to UnitedHealth, whose profits rose 400% as the company denies nearly 1 in 3 claims. Pass it on: www.levernews.com/health-insur...

submitted 115 days ago • 16 comments

"What if, instead of telling a story about how our species fell from some idyllic state of equality, we ask how we came to be trapped in such tight conceptual shackles that we can no longer even imagine the possibility of reinventing ourselves?" - David Graeber

submitted 115 days ago • 0 comments

"No man earns punishment, no man earns reward. Free your mind of the idea of deserving, the idea of earning, and you will begin to be able to think." - Ursula K. Le Guin

submitted 116 days ago • 0 comments

"What is taking place is not neglect. It is not ineptitude. It is not policy failure. It is murder. It is murder because it is premeditated. It is murder because a conscious choice was made by the global ruling classes to extinguish life rather than protect it." - Chris Hedges

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It wasn't "vibes" that caused Americans to disapprove of Biden's economy, it was a decline in household purchasing power. Corporate media's gaslighting did real damage to Harris' campaign, insulating it from the economic reality. www.thenation.com/article/econ...

submitted 117 days ago • 0 comments